Hoof-pad for horseshoes.



,No. 835,064. PATENTED NOV. s, 1906. B. P. GRAY.

HOOP PAD FOR nonsnsflons.

APPLIOATIOH PILED AUG- 15,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application filed August 15, 1905.- Serial No. 274,314.

To all whom it may concern.-

- cross strip or bar.

. inventi on.

Be it known that I, BERTRAM PARRo T GRAY, solicitor, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 122 Colmore Row, in the city of Birmingham, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in and Connected with Hoof- Pads for Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to hoof-pads for horseshoes; and it consists in constructing the said pads and securing them to the shoes in the ways herein described, whereby the said pad'can be very (prickly fixed to or removed from the shoe wit shoe from the hoof. I In carrying out this invention I construct the hoof-pad of india-rubber or other suitable substance or combination of substances molded or otherwise made to a suitable sha e so that it fits against the hoof within t e shoe and is secured in this position by the means which I will describe by referring to the accompanyin drawings, on which- Figure 1 is a plan of a horseshoe with the removable pad fixed thereto in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view of Fi 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation o the same through the center of the barf, but without the pad. Fig. 4 is a plan of one of the heel parts of the said shoe. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 6 is a se arate view of the detachable cross-strip by w ich the hoofad is secured to the shoe. Fig. 7 is a plan s owin one of the heel artsof the shoe and the en of the cross-strip engaging therewith to illustrate a modification of my invention. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the part of the shoe shown by Fig. 7. Fig. 9 shows separately the cross strip or bar which is shown by Fig. 7. Fig.

10 shows a modified form of, the cross strip or bar and means for securing it. Fi 1 1 is a cross-sectional elevation of a horses 0e and ad to illustrate a slight modification of my Fig. 12 is a sectional plan of a horseshoe and pad fastened together in accordance with a further modification of my invention, and Fig. 13 is a vertical sectional elevation of the same on line Z Z of Fig. 12. Fig. 14 shows a slightly-modified form of the Fig. 15 shows a horses hoof and shoe with the cross strip or bar shown'in Fig. 14 fixed thereto, and Fig. 16 I out removing the shows a further modification of the said cross stri or bar.

, T e same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the figures.

v a is the india-rubber hoof-pad made to fit vention (see Figs. 1 to 6, both mclusive,) I

provide at the front of the pad a a projecting metal flat section or other tongue 0, which may be vulcanized into the india-rubber pad or or may be made removable therefrom, so as to be changed for a lon er or shorter tongue to suit the shoe with w ich the pad is used. A metal or other sheath (1 may be molded in the pad for the reception of the tongue 0. This tongue 0 takes into a corresponding slot or recess e in the toe part of the shoe. back art of the ad a is securedin position by a t in fiat section metal cross stri or bar pad and shoe, as s own in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

A method of construction which answers well in practice and which forms a feature of this invention is illustrated by these Figs. 1 to 6, where it will be seen that one end por- The tion of the cross bar or strip f is turned up, formlng'a kind of head, and raised out of the body of the cross bar or strip there is an upwardly-projecting tongue 7c, made with two shoulders I m, which when the cross bar or strip f is in position-in the shoetake against projections 'n 0, which overhang the slot 9 at the side of the shoe, and thus revent the cross bar or strip f from being wit Y drawn. It will be seen that when the cross bar or strip is pushed along the slot 9 in'the shoe under the overhanging projections n 0 the spring-tongue 7c is by these overhanging parts no pushed downwardly as the tongue rides under them until when the strip is pushed right home, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2, then the tongue k springs upwardly again and its shoulders Z m take against the overhanging projections no,

and thus the cross bar or strip f is effectually secured in position and cannot possibly shake loose. When it is desired to withdraw the cross bar or strip f, the extreme end of the tongue is has to be pushed downward y until the shoulders Z m will have cleared the overhanging parts n o, and then the cross bar or strip f can be withdrawn and the pad a is free to be removed from the shoe. In order to prevent the end q of the cross bar or strip f from riding out of the slot i in case the shoe should be loose, said slot 71 may be provided with overhanging parts at 0, like the slot g, and as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. A modification of this method of securing the cross bar or strip f in the pad and shoe is illustrated by Figs. 7, 8, and 9. It will be seen that in this case the slot 9 in the shoe I) is only made with one of the overhanging parts namely, 0and the spring-tongue in this case (marked 1") on-the strip or barf is formed at one side of the same and has a shoulder s to take against the end of the overhanging part 0 to secure the crossbar or strip f in position. Before the cross bar or strip f can be removed the turned-up part of the tongue T has to be pressed downfor the shoulder s to clear and pass under the overhanging projection 0; or, another very secureway of fixing the cross bar or stripf in the shoe and pad is by an ordinary cotter t, as in Fig. 10, which passes transversely through a hole in the end of the cross bar or strip f outside the shoe.

When the cross bar or strip f is secured by the strap or the like 90, the upwardly-projecting end of the cross bar or strip f has to be on the outside of the horses hoof, and the cross bar or strip f is made of such a length that its other end does not project beyond the side of the shoe.

The part of the pad a through which the cross bar or strip f passes may have embedded in it a metal or canvas insertion or other sleeve or sheath forming the hole for the crossbar.

The cross bar or strip f is by preference made of flat section, as above described; but, if desired, any other suitable section may be substituted and any other suitable or convenient means may be adopted for securing the cross bar or strip in the transverse hole in the shoe and padfor instance, (see Fig. 11,)

where the cross bar or strip f takes the form of a long wire screw, which is passed through corresponding holes a o in the shoe and pad, the hole '0 being tapped for the end of the screw to screw into. The tongue 0, which secures the front of the pad, may, if desired, be dispensed with and the pad secured to the shoe by one, two, or more of the said cross bars or strips or wires f, which pass through transverse holes in the shoe and in the pad,

as above described. For instance, Figs. 12 and 13 show the pad a secured to the shoe I) by two of the cross bars or strips f of the kind above described with reference to Figs. 1 to 6, both inclusive, the shoe being made with two of the slots 9 and vlfor the reception of the two strips Another very effective way of fixing the cross bar or strip f in the shoe and pad is illustrated by Figs. 14 and 15. In this case the upwardly-turned end of the cross bar or strip g is made with a projecting stud. w, with whic the end of a strap m is engaged, and

. this strap is passed round the horses hoof, as

in Fig. 15, and the other end connected onto the stud w, thus effectually preventing the cross bar or strip f from moving endwise, or, instead of the head 3' being made with a stud w, as in Figs. 14 and 15, said end may, if desired, be made with a projecting loop y, as in Fig. 16, or be made with a hole through.

which the strap can be threaded. It will be evident that, instead of a strap, a piece of string or cord, boot-lace, wire, or the like may be passed round the horses hoof in a similar manner and engaged with the head 7' of the cross bar or strip f to secure it in position.

The transverse slots or holes in the shoe through which the cross-bar passes or crossbars pass to secure the pad, as above described, may either be made as open-topped slots or recesses, such as g and i, in the upper surface of the shoe with or without the overhanging projections n 0, or, as shown in Fig. 11, they may be complete transverse holes a e at a short distance below the upper surfaces of the shoe, the holes or slots being made of any shape to suit the cross bars, strips, wires, or screws which fit in them.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a horseshoe, of a detachable hoof-pad fitted within the shoe after the latter has been nailed on the 1100f, and one or more metal cross strips or bars adapted to be inserted endwise in side slots in the shoe and pad, to secure the pad thereto, or to be withdrawn endwise therefrom, with spring means for securing the cross bar or strip in said slots, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a horseshoe, of a detachable hoof-pad fitted within the shoe after the latter has been nailed on the hoof, said hoof-pad having a front metal tongue taking into a slot in the shoe, and one or more metal cross strips or bars adapted to be inserted endwise in side slots in the shoe and pad, to secure the pad thereto, or to be withdrawn endwise therefrom, with spring means for securing the cross bar or strip in said slots, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a horseshoe and detachable hoof-pad, of one or more metal cross strips or bars ada ted to be inserted ressed toward the shoe, substantially as set 10 I Wise there endwise in side slots in t e shoe and pad to Y orth.

secure the ad thereto, or to be removed end- In testimony whereof I have signed my i om, said metal cross strip or bar nameto this specification in the presence of having at one end a head and a spring-ton e two subscribing Witnesses.

which engages with projections on the s 0e BERTRAM PARROTT GRAY.

when the cross bar or strip has been inserted Witnesses: in position therein, said tongue being adapt- 7 CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY, ed to be released from the projections when THOMAS JOHN ROWE. 

